On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 277

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 277

 

The Purpose of the Exchange Battle (2)

 

The ninth day of practical training.

 

At least the Second Years had completely adapted to the practical training.

 

The extreme situation they had experienced once!

 

That had made the students even tougher.

 

“What did you catch today? There’s so much!”

 

“Wow. We’re going to feast from morning. Good work. I’ll take the perimeter watch later!”

 

They didn’t care about the environment.

 

Jungle, extreme cold, extreme heat, highlands, and so on.

 

They hunted nearby magic beasts, set traps, found water, and decorated their base camps more splendidly.

 

“It’s a shame to leave this behind. I wonder who’ll use it when we come back later?”

 

“Right. But if we come back in about a year, won’t it all be broken down?”

 

“Anyway, we’re making good use of it before we go!”

 

Since they had finished adapting to the environment, especially temperature and humidity, it was no longer difficult.

 

The thought that if food and water were supplied, they could last not just ten days but ten months!

 

Of course, they were working harder because the end was approaching.

 

“No matter how I look at it, the Second Years seem to have been assigned to the wrong areas…”

 

Agent 8, who had returned to the field site to watch the students, kept tilting his head in confusion.

 

They were indeed outstanding.

 

Just like in last year’s practical training, they were comparable to Third and Fourth Years.

 

No, they were actually much better than those two grades.

 

‘Their adaptation speed, food procurement methods, and overall harmony are all much better.’

 

Agent 8 already knew that Ziel and Gilbert had rescued him and Agent 9.

 

Though that didn’t influence his evaluation, he felt he could at least understand how the Second Years could show such performance.

 

‘If they learned under such a teacher… did they learn some kind of secret technique?’

 

Of course, they didn’t seem to use any secret techniques during the practical training.

 

Anyway, it was remarkable.

 

To think that mere Second Years had reached this level.

 

The nearby grades would probably be quite tired until the moment they graduated.

 

The lower grades because of their too-excellent seniors.

 

The upper grades because of juniors who had already surpassed them.

 

‘Needless to say, the Second Years will overwhelmingly win in average scores.’

 

Though the practical training wasn’t a competition between grades, having high average scores held quite significant meaning.

 

On a 10-point scale, the Second Years’ average seemed likely to easily record over 8 points.

 

“By the way, are those two getting on bad terms?”

 

Delev and Celia.

 

Even after working together nicely to deal with Nivalis, the two were growling at each other.

 

“Hey, see this? I caught it first!”

 

“What are you talking about? I finished it first before you could finish it off.”

 

“Finishing it off with that Swift Swordsmanship by stabbing over 10 times, is that like hitting it with a spoon?”

 

“What did you say? You’re the one stealing swordsmanship techniques!”

 

“Ah, is that why I caught it faster?”

 

Agent 8 shrugged his shoulders watching that scene.

 

“They’re having a good time.”

 

Meanwhile.

 

Agent 9 was also continuing his evaluation of Quantus’s Group 6.

 

“Group 6 is just…”

 

Group 6 was excellent beyond the need for words.

 

Looking around all the groups, there probably wasn’t another group conducting the practical training as boldly and aggressively as Group 6.

 

Needless to say, it was thanks to the group leader’s disposition.

 

“Uhahahaha! Follow me!”

 

“Group Leader! We’ll follow you anywhere!”

 

“Leader! Leader! Leader!”

 

To Agent 8’s eyes, they all seemed to be going crazy, but what did it matter.

 

They looked very happy.

 

They seemed to have gained some weight too.

 

“Another feast today?”

 

“We’ve been feasting every day!”

 

The results were strikingly different depending on the group leader’s disposition.

 

Group 4, led by Yon, was exactly like that.

 

Quiet but certain.

 

Yurio and Maris’s support was excellent, but Yon had unexpected leadership.

 

‘I heard that kid caused some trouble last year… but it seems he’s recovered trust now.’

 

Here, there was one talent who showed excellence in ‘food management.’

 

“No! This is enough to get by. Just take this.”

 

“You’re really going to survive eating only this?”

 

“Do you know what might happen on the last day?”

 

That was Karen.

 

Karen was a noble, but her circumstances were so difficult that she had even experienced starving!

 

That painful memory from her past was now being sublimated into excellent food management.

 

Not just food, but because she had always lived in poverty, efficiently saving had become a habit.

 

Thanks to this, Karen’s group was assigned to an extreme heat environment where food was extremely scarce, but at least they never went hungry.

 

“They endured well thanks to Student Karen Aswan.”

 

Ziel wrote down a score under Karen’s name on the evaluation sheet.

 

In many ways, many students were showing unexpected talents and achievements.

 

And in between, the praise cards that Ziel secretly infiltrated to leave behind were a bonus!

 

“Oh! When I opened my eyes, there was a praise card by my pillow!”

 

“When did Teacher Ziel come? I didn’t see him!”

 

“Hey, I don’t have one!”

 

If it was intervention, it was intervention, but since it wasn’t direct intervention, Ziel hadn’t violated the regulations.

 

Unless the praise cards were food.

 

And so, on the last day of practical training.

 

The long-awaited news was finally delivered to all students.

 

“Yahoo! Finally returning!”

 

“We get two days off, right? Right? We’re saved!”

 

Though it was regrettable, the sense of liberation was greater.

 

The fact that they could finally finish the practical training and rest made the students happy.

 

“We really look like beggars.”

 

“Upper-class beggars, upper-class beggars.”

 

Indeed, since everyone looked similar, they didn’t realize it, but these were appearances they could never have imagined normally.

 

Covered in grime, hair all matted, and their whole bodies were itchy.

 

Taking a bath when there wasn’t even enough water to drink?

 

It was impossible.

 

“But we do look funny. When will we ever go around like this again?”

 

“Honestly, it’s kind of comfortable. Not washing.”

 

“That’s because you usually…”

 

“Want to die?”

 

Anyway, they were full of joy.

 

Finally going back.

 

The magic beast meat was delicious when we were hungry, but if we went back to eating our usual food, our eyes would probably roll back.

 

But more than anything, we wanted to wash up clean and change our clothes.

 

“Look, Group 1 is coming!”

 

“They look like beggars too.”

 

The groups that had returned to the safe zone first burst into laughter seeing their friends joining them.

 

Everyone looked different in their own way.

 

Students who had practiced in the Extreme Heat Zone were covered in sand all over their bodies, while students who had experienced the Extreme Cold Zone had expressions of melting in the warmth.

 

“But why is Group 6 so clean?”

 

“Don’t they look fatter? What’s with Quantus? He got even bigger!”

 

“Why are they all glossy and shining…”

 

For reference, it rained a lot in the jungle.

 

And it rained frequently.

 

Thanks to that, starting with Quantus, they could make a rough partition and take showers.

 

They also washed their clothes.

 

Food supplies were abundant too.

 

As a result, Group 6 was the most disappointed that the practical training was ending.

 

“Ah, the meat our group leader caught for us was so delicious.”

 

“We should have caught some before it ended.”

 

“But it’s nice that it’s not raining, right?”

 

Still, the practical training was the most comfortable.”

 

Somehow, it made them jealous.

 

“Why does it feel like Quantus gets all the good stuff.”

 

“I don’t like it. Why Quantus?”

 

“Right? I was thinking exactly the same thing.”

 

But the students in Group 6 were furious at that sight.

 

“How dare you insult our group leader!”

 

“Group leader! There are people slandering you! Should we deal with them?”

 

“Don’t insult our group leader! The practical training was so comfortable thanks to him!”

 

Quantus shook his head with a magnanimous expression amidst the clamor.

 

“Leave them be. Don’t associate with those who don’t understand greatness.”

 

“As expected of our group leader! Your heart is as big as your muscles!”

 

“Group leader! Group leader! Group leader!”

 

Ann, who was watching that scene, muttered blankly.

 

“Crazy bastards.”

 

Anyway, all the Second Years had gathered.

 

And Ziel appeared too.

 

“Teacher! You left us Praise Cards, right!”

 

“Yahoo! If we got Praise Cards, that means we did well, right?”

 

Ziel after ten days!

 

Somehow he seemed more welcome than when we saw him after not seeing him for two months during vacation.

 

“You all worked hard.”

 

Ziel said those words while looking around at the students.

 

“You still have energy left.”

 

“It’s thanks to your teachings, Teacher!”

 

“We survived by doing what you told us!”

 

Gilbert couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of the chattering students.

 

‘Youth really is nice.’

 

Such lively appearances instead of complaints and grievances.

 

“It’s nice to see the kids excited, isn’t it, Kelvin?”

 

“Y-yes. If I, if I had entered the Academy too…”

 

“I know.”

 

Gilbert agreed with at least this statement.

 

Academy life.

 

The more he looked at it, the more envious he became.

 

That life permitted only to a select few.

 

And the teacher was none other than Ziel.

 

Under such a person, he could endure any hardship.

 

“Boss, you must also find it nice to watch…”

 

“Since you still seem to have sufficient energy, we’ll begin preparing for the exchange tournament.”

 

Gilbert took back what he had just thought.

 

‘Prepare right away?’

 

“N-now? Right away?”

 

“It’s in two days. You seem to have rested sufficiently, don’t you think?”

 

“Well…”

 

It wasn’t wrong.

 

Everyone had been playing around yesterday, thinking that the practical training would end today.

 

Every single group without exception!

 

The faces of students who had been immersed in thoughts of rest began to be filled with terror.

 

However, their eyes sparkled again at Ziel’s following words.

 

“First, I’ll announce the exchange tournament members.”

 

Exchange tournament members!

 

This was the news they had been waiting for.

 

Especially the mid-to-lower tier students.

 

The exchange tournament they thought they had no connection to.

 

Generally, the members chosen once in the first year are maintained without major changes until graduation.

 

But this time was different.

 

Because he said he would evaluate based on the practical training.

 

“I’ll announce regardless of ranking. Student Jenesis Dillon.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“Wow! Jenesis!”

 

“Jenesis deserved to be chosen. She did amazingly well!”

 

Jenesis’s selection, which was completely unpredictable until before the practical training preparation, had finally become reality!

 

“Congratulations, Jenesis!”

 

“You’re qualified, more than enough!”

 

Ann was the happiest.

 

Because she had watched group leader Jenesis most closely.

 

“Next, student Jon Riversong.”

 

Jon was chosen too.

 

Yurio and Maris also nodded.

 

“He deserved to be chosen.”

 

“We couldn’t have caught Nivalis without Jon.”

 

Next was Kus.

 

“Student Kus Hillbilly.”

 

“M-me? Really?”

 

“Your coordination between the two students was impressive.”

 

“The two students…”

 

Gazes focused.

 

It went without saying.

 

“Ahem.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Those two clearing their throats were exactly those two students.

 

“Next, Student Karen Aswan, that was an impressive food supply distribution.”

 

“Oh! Yes!”

 

Following that, the names of Maris, Yurio, Quantus, and Ann were called.

 

Including the previously called Jenesis, Yon, Kus, and Karen, that made a total of 8 people.

 

Only 2 spots remained.

 

The students grew anxious.

 

Against expectations, Jenesis, Yon, and Kus, who were mid-tier or even lower-tier students, had been included.

 

Thanks to this, the top-tier students, especially the highest-ranking Delev and Celia, kept swallowing nervously.

 

‘If I don’t get selected…’

 

‘What will my family think?’

 

Just as the other friends’ gazes focused on those two.

 

“Student Delev Kundel.”

 

“Whew…”

 

“Student Celia Rihart.”

 

“Phew…”

 

All the strength drained from their bodies.

 

“That concludes the calling of 10 people. All of them are students who achieved good results in the practical training.”

 

On the other hand, there were students who felt disappointed.

 

10 people.

 

They would have been happy if they had made it into that group.

 

“As explained before, the first round of the Exchange Tournament will proceed as a ‘Captain Battle.'”

 

Captain Battle!

 

Instead of a chaotic battle like before, they would fight one by one in a tag format.

 

Each person must participate at least once, substitutions can be made if necessary, and the grade that defeats the opponent first wins.

 

“Since strategy and tactics are most important, the 10 people called will enter training with me.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“And there’s also a second round.”

 

Ziel glanced at the students once, then said something they never expected.

 

“All of you will participate in the second round.”

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